This past Sunday we celebrated Pentecost Sunday from our homes online. Pentecost (50th day) or feast of weeks was a day where the children of Israel would offer up their first fruits. The birthing of the church on Pentecost where the Holy Spirit was poured out, was Gods first fruit of the new covenant. What was the result of this first fruit? Listen to this message from Pastor Jonny. 

Drawing close to God, being a child of God means we invite our heavenly Father's discipline. We looked at Hebrews 12:5-11 as we understood what it meant for a Father's discipline in our life and what it produces.

Jon Mayak preached an awesome message on understanding our God in the storm. 

More than ever we need reminded of the character traits of the motherhood of God who embodies words of love to us. 

To have hope in the unknown is an incredibly transformative tool but we have lived in a culture of planning, certainty and have had no need for it. 

God is calling us again to have hope in Him. To look at selves and see where are Hope is. To have Hope in grief and see new life come forth. 

We continued our series of Grave to Gardens with the topic thirst. Thirst can feel like a grave moment, feeling lack and need with no fulfillment. But the thirst can lead us to living water, into garden life. We must not get confused with resource thou when we need the source.

The question we have in this moment of the Coronavirus is - do we and will we have enough? And while most aren’t sure what is ‘enough,’ the fear is that we don’t have it and so our minds wandering towards how to get it. We hoard in a moment creating excess of things in our lives. The cross tells a counter cultural message... Deny and GIVE.

Often we feel the noises of the world drown out the voice of God but actually our hearts disconnected are the root causes. As we practice a rhythm of Silence and solitude we see transformation of our emotions, idols and gain direction from God. 

Opportunities are always in front of us and we can choose to see a wall or a door. In our world we love to see! We celebrate when we see a truth we will even fake it to just fit in. We create frame works that help us see but often these same frame works cause us to be blind. Jesus in John 9 teaches us what it means to see and the trust it forms. 

This past Sunday we finished up our series "Leave for the 99" hearing from  different experiences and perspectives on the power of the invitation. We looked at how it changed lives and how we can create space for the invitation.